Epstein Secrets

gton seemed to be holding its breath. On the evening before Trump was sworn in, Bob Corker, the Republican senator from Tennessee and the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, opened his remarks as the featured speaker at a gathering at the Jefferson Hotel with the existential question, “Where are things going?” He paused

d-rate guy. I think Brennan is a second-rate guy,” Bannon said, dismissing the FBI director and the CIA director. “The White House right now is like Johnson’s White House in 1968. Susan Rice”— Obama’s National Security Advisor—“is running the campaign against ISIS as a National Security Advisor. They’re p

om a contented, distracted, run-of-the-mill socialite. As a twenty-one-year- old, she appeared in a film made by her then boyfriend, Jamie Johnson, a Johnson & Johnson heir. It’s a curious, even somewhat unsettling film, in which Johnson corrals his set of rich-kid friends into openly sharing their dissatisf

Cheney, 4.29M) reports that on Thursday, Lisa Kenna, Secretary of State Pompeo's executive secretary, and "gatekeeper of sorts to his office," told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that "2019 contacts between Pompeo and...Rudy Giuliani — which ultimately led to the ouster of U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch --" wer

ction of operations at the embassy and are to be addressed in a report by the State Department's inspector general." According to "those officials," Johnson "is accused of making insensitive remarks that contravene department personnel guidelines. But, perhaps more seriously, Johnson's former deputy has

n/2020/07/30/pompeo-slams-us-tech-for-downplaying-china-cyber-threat.html> (7/30, Macias, 3.62M) reports on its website that in an appearance before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday, Secretary of State Pompeo "slammed U.S. tech companies...for their lack of transparency in regards to the breadth and depth of intelle

ampaign and Russia in 2016." NPR <https://www.nprorg/2020/07/30/897205758/full-d-c-appeals-court-agrees-to-take-up-michael-flynn-legal- case> (7/30, Johnson, 3.12M) reports that the full appeals court "likely will assess whether Sullivan can go ahead with the consideration and investigation of the govern

f- dozen occasions." Hyten, however, has denied the allegations. Senate Committee Backs Craft To Be UN Ambassador. Reuters (7/25, Zengerle) reports the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday voted 15-7 to back Kelly Craft, currently the US Ambassador to Canada, as President Trump's envoy to the United Nations. Sen. Bob Menen

ges. • Mongolian President To Visit White House Next Week. • US Sanctions Maduro's Stepsons, Others For Alleged Food Corruption. • Media Analyses: Johnson Echoes Trump In Pledging To Deliver Brexit. WASHINGTON'S SCHEDULE • Today's Events In Washington. LEADING THE NEWS Wray Raises Encryption Concern

succeeding Mr. Blinken as Mr. Obama's deputy national security adviser. She, too, is a former aide to Mr. Biden, serving as deputy chief counsel to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 2007 to 2008 while Mr. Biden was chairman. Ms. Haines also served as counsel to Mr. Obama's National Security Council, helping him navigate le

a late 2016 Turkey-related briefing to the now-National Security Adviser to the Vice President." National Review (11/23, Evans, 731K) reports that Johnson and Grassley have asked D0J to declassify notes from the Taylor interview. They wrote in a letter to AG Barr, "We request all records relating to t

rebukes from the White House that President Trump had not been briefed about the threats to U.S. soldiers before the reports surfaced;' Pompeo told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that "the proper people have been aware of every single threat to our soldiers on the ground in Afghanistan whether that was General [Austin) Mille

ng-running legal drama that stemmed from the FBI's investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia in 2016." NPR (7/30, Johnson, 3.12M) reports that the full appeals court "likely will assess whether Sullivan can go ahead with the consideration and investigation of the govern

rop Resistance To State Dept. Nominees. Bloomberg (7/10, Wadhams, Flatley, 4.73M) reports Secretary of State Pompeo "is refusing to testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee unless it holds hearings on five senior State Department nominees, including the administration's new ambassador to Ukraine, in what Democrats call

sident's extraordinary move Friday evening to grant clemency to Stone just days before he was due to report to prison." Similarly, USA Today (7/11, Johnson, 10.31M) reports Mueller "defend[ed] the prosecution of Roger Stone and the larger investigation into Russia interference in the 2016 election, sayi

Abrams Tells Senators US Will Continue To Recognize Guaid6 As Venezuela's Interim President. The AP (8/4, Smith) reports that om testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Tuesday, the US's special representative to Venezuela, Elliott Abrams, "said...that the Trump Administration will continue recognizing lawmaker Jua

on, which they worry could spread Russian disinformation. They are targeting" Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), who has been "spearheading the effort." While Johnson "has said repeatedly his investigation is not centered on the Bidens and is not being driven by the election," The Hill says "some of his requests

. ... The Trump administration has insisted the arms sales are crucial to protect the region against a growing threat from Iran. The vetoes come as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee plans to vote Thursday on two competing bipartisan bills to impose sanctions on Saudi Arabia." -- A Navy SEAL platoon was kicked out of Iraq for c

er — "no ifs or buts." William Booth and Karla Adam report: "'The doubters, the doomsters, the gloomsters, they are going to get it wrong, again,' Johnson said in his first remarks outside 10 Downing Street. 'The people who bet against Britain are going to lose their shirts, because we're going to res

e White House that EFTA01658331 President Trump had not been briefed about the threats to U.S. soldiers before the reports surfaced," Pompeo told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that "the proper people have been aware of every single threat to our soldiers on the ground in Afghanistan whether that was General [Austin) Mille

ng-running legal drama that stemmed from the FBI's investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia in 2016." NPR (7/30, Johnson, 3.12M) reports that the full appeals court "likely will assess whether Sullivan can go ahead with the consideration and investigation of the govern